RE: Hi :) And a question...

["rItlhmoQSuvwI'" <rItlhmoQ@hotmail.com>]

Not to trample on DloraH's turf, but, from one beginner to another, I
think it would be:

jIHoH'egh vIneH.  *or* jIHoH'egh 'e' vIneH.

Basically:  "I kill myself.  I want it."

rItlhmoQSuvwI'
Stardate 2544.8


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth Baisch, the tuftedpuffin 
> [mailto:asgardhicouncil@hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 23:15
> To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
> Subject: Hi :) And a question...
> 
> 
> Hi all, I'm new here:)
> 
> I can barely utter a word of Klingon but I really want to learn.
> 
> Anyhoo my question is... how might one go about saying "I 
> want to kill 
> myself" ?
> 
> I was all proud of myself thinking I had translated it correctly as " 
> HoH'egh jIneH " , but my friend insists that it is "jIHoH'eghqang"
> 
> But I am confused... to me the one my friend thinks it is is 
> "I am willing 
> to kill myself" (because the dictionary says -qang is 
> willing). If I were 
> WILLING to kill myself I would have done it already. To do 
> the act is a 
> desire, a WANT. So who, if either of us, is correct? If 
> neither of is are, 
> what is the proper translation?
> 
> Thanks:)
> 
> 
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> -Beth Baisch
> aka. tuftedpuffin aka. Heimdall
> 
> 
> Tereo omorere-me martýs todwyn me-odygeren...
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